Friday, February 19, 2016

Burned by Kinect’s Fizzle, Microsoft Is Taking Its Time With HoloLens | Re/code

World-readiness criteria tbd

"After seeing Kinect fail to connect with consumers despite strong early sales, Alex Kipman refuses to put a time frame on when Microsoft will start selling its augmented reality device, HoloLens, to consumers.

“When I feel the world is ready, then we will allow normal people to buy it,” Kipman said Thursday, speaking to reporters at the TED conference in Vancouver. “It could be as soon as we say ‘yes,’ and it could be as long as a ‘very long time.'”"